Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh

by Peter Tosh

Overview

Scrolls of the Prophet is the first single-disc Tosh best-of to contain tracks from his Columbia, Rolling Stones, and EMI albums. Since the set originates with Columbia, the material from the other two labels is limited; there are five tracks from Equal Rights and four from Legalize It, with two from Bush Doctor and one from Wanted Dread & Alive, plus three rare or previously unreleased tracks. But the bulk of Tosh's most memorable tracks appeared on those first two Columbia albums, including his solo remake of the Wailers song "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Stepping Razor," "Equal Rights," and "Legalize It." Tosh was intense and directed, but not prolific. His tunes are sometimes borrowed; "Downpressor Man" is a rewrite of the folk-gospel tune "Oh Sinner Man." His themes are also repetitive, as the sequencing here -- which follows "Legalize It," his ode to the legalization of marijuana extolling the drug's medicinal qualities, with "Bush Doctor," a song that bears much the same message -- tends to emphasize. Nevertheless, he managed a surprising variety within the sometimes constricted reggae form, speeding things up on his hit remake of the Temptations' "Walk and Don't Look Back" (a duet with Mick Jagger) and slowing them down for the ballad "Fools Die," which has a haunting flute line. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/1996
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	5099749449725

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Peter Tosh   Primary Artist
Bob Marley   Guest Artist
Mick Jagger   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Joe Higgs   Composer
Robbie Shakespeare   Producer
Peter Tosh   Composer,Producer
Aaron Rosenbaum   Packaging Manager
Bob Gruen   Photo Courtesy
Bob Alford   Photo Courtesy
Andy Freeberg   Photo Courtesy
Pauline Morris   Executive Producer
Winston McIntosh   Composer
Stephen Moore   Project Director
Bruce Dickinson   Producer
Neville Livingston   Composer
Wayne Jobson   Liner Notes
Peter Simon   Photo Courtesy
Mick Jagger   Performer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
David Corio   Photo Courtesy
Chuck Krall   Photo Courtesy
Clement "Coxsone" Dodd   Producer
Chris Athens   Digital Mastering
Bob Marley   Composer
Kim Gottlieb-Walker   Photo Courtesy